World League

The Duck Pen
Spectators: 7591 (Terracing: 5694, Seating: 1746, VIP seats: 151) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Federico Girotti started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Alejandra's goal looked a bit too open when Franklin de Queiroz came free, but Maurinho Terra reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Franklin de Queiroz could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 5th minute of the match, but Maurinho Terra made a huge save. After 10 played minutes Real Death Ducks got a freekick which was hit by Ive Volckaerts. Federico Girotti's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Syd Cullen read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 22nd minute of play. In the 23rd match minute, Alejandra was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arnaldo Henrico to maneuver through the defense. In the 23rd minute, Ive Volckaerts got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Gilberto Goizeder sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Syd Cullen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Horacio Lain, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Alejandra booed when Real Death Ducks was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wen Feng Shi didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Federico Girotti had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match had gone on for 40 minutes, Ive Volckaerts took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Maurinho Terra to make any attempt to save it. A collision led to Alejandra getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Horacio Lain hit a great ball. Maurinho Terra acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 43rd minute, took the ball on the long shot from Ive Volckaerts. D.J. Smith charged in rather forcefully in the 44th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed D.J. Smith the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Alejandra booed when Real Death Ducks was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. D.J. Smith didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 45 played minutes, Alejandra's Gilberto Goizeder shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Syd Cullen came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Alejandra reached it. In the 47thth minute of the game Ive Volckaerts who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Alejandra's Maurinho Terra was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Franklin de Queiroz was the one to do the kick off. Arnaldo Henrico kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. In the 52nd minute, Arnaldo Henrico hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Maurinho Terra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ive Volckaerts in the 52nd minute of the match. Maurinho Terra made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Franklin de Queiroz in the 53rd minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Federico Girotti got free with Syd Cullen in the 56th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Horacio Lain recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 62nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 65 minutes had been played when some careless play by Alejandra's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ive Volckaerts was slow to take the kick. During this time Real Death Ducks's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Ive Volckaerts got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Maurinho Terra quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Maurinho Terra showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robin Hultstrand, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Federico Girotti kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. Maurinho Terra made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Franklin de Queiroz in the 78th minute of play. Real Death Ducks's Syd Cullen proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save Real Death Ducks from getting a goal against them. Maurinho Terra made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ive Volckaerts in the 88th minute of play. Maurinho Terra made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Augustin Cârstea in the 93rd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Real Death Ducks's Augustin Cârstea got a free kick in the 94th minute. Real Death Ducks's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.